This report highlights findings from the 2011 update to The Status of Behavioral Health Care in Colorado report. It provides information about the current landscape of public and private mental health and substance use disorder care in Colorado, to support the efforts of those working to improve behavioral health care.

This report provides critical information on Colorado-specific mental health and substance use disorder treatment needs, funding, progress made in the coordination and integration of behavioral health services since 2003, continued barriers to care and long-term recommendations for the state.

This brief highlights the initial findings of the 2011 Colorado Health Access Survey (CHAS), an extensive survey of health insurance, access and utilization in Colorado. The findings highlighted in this brief include the numbers of uninsured and underinsured Coloradans; effects of cost, unemployment and a weak economy; and the impact of uninsurance on Coloradans' ability to access and utilize health care services.

This two-page fact sheet provides at-a-glance information about the Colorado Health Access Survey (CHAS), an extensive survey of health insurance, access and utilization in Colorado. It notes the unique attributes of CHAS, the geographic coverage of the survey, survey methodology and how to learn more about the survey and its detailed findings.

This brief summarizes findings from the evaluation of The Colorado Trust's Immigrant Integration initiative, and provides a few of the critical lessons learned to inform efforts by funders, community leaders and others interested in advancing the integration of immigrants in their communities and states.

This evaluation report details findings of the evaluation of The Colorado Trust's Supporting Immigrant and Refugees initiative, conducted by Community Science. The detailed report includes the grantees' strategies, activities and accomplishments; conditions and factors that affected their work; what was sustained at the end of their grant support; and the lessons learned.

In 2008, The Colorado Trust launched a grant strategy designed to better integrate local health practitioners and health care services into the existing efforts of Early Childhood Councils. This ongoing effort sought to integrate local systems of care in order to meet the health care needs of children. However, to effectively realize such a vision required deliberate, smart planning. This case study, conducted by the Center for Systems Integration, discusses the successes, challenges and lessons learned from the planning grant process, including a set of key recommendations for funders to consider.

The Colorado Trust's 2010 Annual Report highlights our 25th anniversary year. It honors the work of our partners over the past quarter-century and notes the work of our grantees during the past year in our shared efforts to realize access to health for all Coloradans. Trust Chairwoman Kathryn A. Paul and President and CEO Ned Calonge, MD, MPH share observations on challenges encountered, progress made and the changing health care landscape in the face of federal health care reform. The report also includes a list of all Trust grantees and detailed financial information.